big-rock-roll-down-hill-slope-closeup-stockpack-adobe-stock-876749010-stockpack-adobestock Type post Author Neil Thomas Date November 10, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionHistorical Sciences Tagged , chance, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Curtis Johnson, Darwin’s Dice, domestication, French Academy of Sciences, Geological Society of Dublin, John Herschel, Joseph Hooker, Linnean Society, natural forces, natural law, On the Genesis of Species, Origin of Species, post hoc ergo propter hoc, predictability, quantum mechanics, Quarterly Review, Queen Victoria, randomness, regularity, Samuel Haughton, St. George Mivart, The Natural History Review, trompe-l’oeil, University of Dublin, Victorian England, Whitwell Elwin, William Whewell A Matter of Insinuation: Chance in Darwin’s Theory Neil Thomas November 10, 2025 Evolution, Historical Sciences 11 Think of a rock dislodged by happenstance, tumbling down a mountain, and coming to rest in some particular spot. Read More ›
Alfred Russel Wallace, attributed to John William Beaufort (1864-1943) Type post Author Michael Flannery Date November 24, 2023 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, An Elusive Victorian, Andrew Berry, Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Darwinian, David Hume, evolution, history, John Duprétly, John Elof Boodin, John Herschel, John Tyndall, Martin Fichman, Max Horkheimer, Nature's Prophet, On the Origin of Species, Overruling Intelligence, Paul Janet, Quarterly Review, scientism, St. George Mivart, teleology, Thomas Henry Huxley, transmutation, William James, William Whewell, X Club The Outsider: Alfred Russel Wallace’s Reputation in the Darwinian Era Michael Flannery November 24, 2023 Evolution, Intelligent Design 12 Was Alfred Wallace a “crazy” crank? Was he an undisciplined “dilettante” bemused by every fringe belief he encountered? Read More ›
roulette wheel Type post Author Neil Thomas Date July 19, 2022 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , A. N. Wilson, Benjamin Wiker, chance, Charles Darwin, Charles Lyell, Daniel Dennett, evolution, Geoffrey Chaucer, Hamlet, Janus, John Herschel, Karl Popper, Lady Fortuna, Lady Luck, natural selection, On the Origin of Species, Oxbridge, Richard Dawkins, St. George Mivart, The Blind Watchmaker, The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication, Victorian England, William Whewell The Art of Concealment: Darwin and Chance Neil Thomas July 19, 2022 Evolution, Intelligent Design 13 It is appropriate that Fortuna’s emblematic representation with her ubiquitous wheel should have gone on to become the prototype of the modern roulette wheel. Read More ›
Theodore T. Munger Type post Author Michael Flannery Date July 10, 2020 CategoriesFaith & Science Tagged , Alfred Russel Wallace, BioLogos, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Civil War, Darwinian theism, development, evolution, intelligent evolution, Karl Giberson, Kenneth Miller, positivism, progressivism, scientism, St. George Mivart, theism, theistic evolution, theology, Yale University Theistic Evolution: The Case of Theodore Munger Michael Flannery July 10, 2020 Faith & Science 5 In an extensive essay, Munger’s purpose was to show that evolution not only poses no threat to Christian faith but can confirm it Read More ›
